Placements- My Perspective

Heartthrobs of Recruiters

Ajay Bailur-the heartthrob of Infosys- the kudos he got from Infy HR and the tempting offer of role they made to him, says it all.

Kuldeep Singh Tahim - his CTS interviewer is so impressed with this chap that he takes him around introduce him to the other panelists from the company. Do I need to say more?

Indranil Das - Castrol is so impressed with our Dada that the company creates a role specifically to suit Dada's strategic (?)requirements...they created a strategic role for this guy!…hats off!

A true gentleman -Karthik Ravichandran - heartthrob of Infy & HCL - they literally fought to get this guy, this guy agreed to stick to HCL as per the college rules when his dream was to work for Infosys. Amazing display of maturity! One might argue that anyone would have agreed to what college said…well, yes…but with a lot of coaxing to be done and by feeling totally dejected. But this guy amazed me with his calmness, composure and the grace with which he accepted to stick to HCL.

My favorite - Bala Pradeep Raj - Gives up one passion -finance (HSBC) to pursue another passion - work for Wipro! Apparently, the passion he gave up fulfilled Sriram's passion to be in HSBC. Both you guys have done enough good karma to have been in this situation!

Never say die! -Punit Vasu - this guy ran from pillar to post, attending a series of interviews, mostly in vain. I could see his tears clearly, till he bagged 2 offers in the evening. Punit, I'm proud of you for having chosen MindTree...a person of your character should be working with someone like Subroto Bagchi.

Lady Luck's favorite - Manan Sharma - He lost out on Grow Talent which was 99.999% through...he attended DSCL just to give it a shot and made it, only to know he had lost on Grow Talent…after this he goes to Genpact and comes out with flying colors!!I was almost in tears thinking of how will I tell him abt grow talent!! However, his good karma kept him in good stead..

You WILL get what you deserve if only you persevere - Pradeep Sonthalia -the finance stud (a true marwari too) was not too happy abt his TCS offer…obviously what will a marwari do in an IT firm:-)) the dude just rocked in Langham's interview and ended with a tempting offer in investment banking! Now that’s what u truly deserve!

Life is not about maths, always...So close, yet so far - Chandrashekar - This person accepts an offer from IBM and signs out of the process only to know that CTS has made him an absolutely tempting offer. Does he sulk? No..instead, cooly analyzes the roles and goes on to say, after the role is still good. Not an iota of depression because of the compensation difference. True display of life's experience and maturity. My respect towards you has only doubled, Sir!

Best Buddies -Recruiter's pick

Genpact -Mahalakshmi - This cute little girl impressed Genpact so much that they requested her to be the buddy next day as well, and on the final day asked her why she din apply to any IT companies(well, u can guess what they were hinting at?)...she single handedly handled a company that recruited 2 VPs!

Tenacity at its best - Neha and Balaji.A who acted as buddies to IBM. They only know what all they had to go through! It was by large, the toughest company to handle..Almost nothing was in place to begin with when this company landed at Green Meadows. They ended up making the maximum offers! Kudos to you both!

Vinodh Jeyraj- Ramco Systems -All those people who are placed in Ramco, you definitely owe big thanks to this guy! Btw, he also handled Godrej/CSC…tremendous effort, Vinu!! Thanks a ton!
Akash, Tejas – Wipro – the less said the better about the confusions these guys had to deal with…upon that the efforts they put in to “send people in”- u know what I mean :-)

Simplicity Personified - The following buddies came in, worked and just left as though it was their duty towards other students...when they are one among the students! Its amazing how some of them carried out the roles with little help from the committee...A real-time display of team spirit! Kudos to all you guys!

• Kamal/Sathya – Infosys
• Hardeep/Tejas – HCL
• Sandeep Khanna- CTS
• Anil/Divya Arora – Langham Capital
• Parag Kulkarni- MindTree ( they were very impressed with him:-))
• Preethy, Srinidhi, Srivathsan Sridharan, Indra – Photon Infotech
• Sathya Sainath Reddy - HSBC - A true professional! I can't say more...
• Mahesh/Sandeep/Tommy - TCS
• Balaji.M/Srivathsan - TVS Electronics
• Satyam - Pramod/Tamoghna(apna Tommy) -All those people who are placed in Satyam, you definitely owe big thanks to these guys!

I must say a few lines that I love the most....

"Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty"

The sad part is most people among the batch probably don’t even realize what it takes to have been a buddy on that day and have slogged it out for others sake! Nevertheless, what these guys did only defines their strength of character! You guys were a boon to placement committee on these days…

A perfect person to work with - Mathangi Ashok -she slogged with me day in and day out on those 3 days even while she had her own interviews to worry about. What amazes me most is- she never ever craves for even a thankyou at the end of all her hard work...what matters to her is only to get the work done and then she vanishes before even u realize what she has done and want to thank her.

A selfless character - Praveen Pantula- the amount of work this guy has put for our placements is simply unmatched. Period. Especially when he was not even looking for placements!

A really strong character - Vishal Prasad - this guy did all the running around for 3 complete days...at the end when he did not get anything that he was looking for...he did not even budge a bit...something which very few can actually take in his/her own stride...amazingly strong character!

Placement Director's favorites - Manik/Sitashwa/Souparno - Every day, these guys will religiously go and meet him and sit on his head till they get status on every company. Without these guys behind the scene work, those 3 days would have been a nightmare. Believe me, when I say that.Period

Admin's favorite - Prasad/Kotler/Amit -These guys gave it all to ensure smooth functioning of activities on those 3 days ...from cabs to be arranged for recruiters to buses for students, food at the right time for all, they really made it a memorable experience for all! Thanks, guys! The arragements truly reflected your experience of handling things.

Guys -Not to forget Jagannath, who provided such a support in his unique style by adding humor to the entire process, every now and then! Thanks, Uncle:-)

A big thanks to all those who did not feature here but definitely contributed by just being with your friends and motivating them on those 3 days.."Actions speak louder than words" and you guys really proved it..some names come to my mind and some don't, at the risk of forgetting to mention them and hurting them, I chose not to name those I remember.

Each one of you will remain special to me in your own way.....thanks for being what you are!

Well, friends- as with every good thing there are some bad memories too…like the self full characters that I witnessed, the "I care a damn about who gets placed unless I have an offer" kind of people, 'why should i offer to work, someone else will take care of it' kind of characters...we saw them all...the less said about them the better. God help such people in their corporate life with this kind of an attitude!